Americans Finally Capture Huge Underground Fort
Fort Driant in France falls after a three month siege led by Fifth Division soldiers. Capt. Gerard Grafton of Greenville Mississippi and Lt. Robert Barnett of Sandy Ridge Pennsylvania discover graves of comrades in tunnels. German commander cites secret weapon as 155 mm guns penetrate reinforced concrete.
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Fort Driant
France
Europe
Richner
Metz
Black Watch
Highland Division
Driant
Gerard Grafton
Greenville
Miss
Robert Barnett
Sandy Ridge
Tolbukhin drives west toward Bratislava from Budapest region
Soviet forces under Tolbukhin push from the south toward Szekesfehervar and advance around Budapest while Malinovsky’s troops claim 150 gains north of the city. They strike toward Bratislava and Vienna, isolating Pest as German defenses retreat east of the Danube. Budapest’s government airily shifts to other duties as front lines extend toward Slovakia.
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Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Stalin
Velencze Lake
Budapest
Jobbagyi
Matra Mountains
Aszod
Slovakia
Moscow
Hatvan
Berlin
Pest
Danube
Szigetszentmiklos
Csepel
Fred Erest
Racktur
Acre
Baron Gabor Semeny
Alasi
ELAS Deniesilo Coup Aim Against Athens
A Greek ELAS spokesman rejects Churchill claims of a coup d etat and asserts ELAS fought Germans Italians and Bulgarians and only pursued anti Nazi actions. He accuses Zervas bands of destroying villages while denying German infiltrators within ELAS ranks.
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Greece
Eam-Elas
ELAS
Athens
EAM
Churchill
Onga
Roas
Edes
Napoleon Zervas
Churchi
Jas
Edes Long
Andartes
Zervas
Hitler
British Labor backs off from Churchill policy clash
In London, December 9, divisions surfaced within Britain's coalition after Parliament backed Churchill's intervention to keep peace in liberated Europe. Labor MPs signaled a hands-off stance on Churchill's handling of rebel factions amid strong press opinions and a Trades Council alarm over armament policy. The Manchester Guardian criticized Churchill's attack on Count Sforza as dangerous for Britain's course.
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James F. King
London
Britain
House of Commons
Churchill
Europe
Carlo Sforza
Italy
London Trades Council
Manchester Guardian
Count Sforza
Roosevelts stance on small nations shapes postwar policy
The Washington briefing notes a tilt toward supporting the rights of small nations to political freedom. It marks a shift toward American intervention in European affairs to stabilize the world ahead of Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin's meeting. Officials fear a Russian move in Poland that could undermine peace prospects.
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Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
United States
Britain
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Greece
Poland
Mrs. R. E. Langley Suffers Broken Leg
Mrs. R. E. Langley of Staley suffered a broken left arm after a fall at a sister’s home visit here. She tumbled from steps to a clothes repair shop above Hood bank and was treated at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital.
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R. E. Langley
Staley
Hood Bank
Langley
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Voters required for all elections in Fl Salvador
In Fl Salvador the law mandates that every man aged over 18 must vote in every election. The rule emphasizes compulsory participation across local, state, and national contests. Enforcement details and penalties are not specified in the readable text.
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Fl Salvador
Curfew Imposed After Hercules Powder Plant Blast
An 8 p.m. curfew was ordered for Pinole Hercules and Rodeo after the Hercules powder plant explosion. Two workers died ages 40 and 26, about 50 injured, and two wooden storage buildings were destroyed. Five miles away Lloyd Marshall noted the debris plume seen from his Richmond office.》
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Pinole
Calif
Hercules
James N. Long
Rodeo
Andrew Hutt
Louis Sapir
Lloyd Marshall
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Richmond
Les J. Bower
Contra Costa Defense
Sissy P. Hol
Gut’ Apes Joy P. Hall
Allied Forces Push Through Saar Front Across Saar River
The 26th Division breached the Saar south of Sarreguemines and pressed along the east bank as Fifth and 35th divisions advanced toward Saarbrucken. Seventh Army near Haguenau moved toward the Rhine with heavy combat and river crossings at Saarland and Alsace towns.
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Adhen
Nes
Saar River
Saarland
Saarlautern
Saar
Moselle
Saaregue
Neunkirsch
Saarbrucken
Sixth Armored
Siegfried Line
Dillingen
Saarlauterk
Sarreguemines
Aden
Alsace
Supreme Command
Winer
Holland
U. S
Cologne
George S. Patton
Third
Dieding
Wittring
Rhine
95Th
90Th
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Bischwiller
Strasbourg
Moder
Haguenau
Tar Heel Doughboys Hold German Castle Post in Vosges
In an 800 year old Vosges castle a group of American artillery observers directs accurate fire on the enemy below from high ground near Colmar and the Rhine. Pvt. Stanley Schein of Brooklyn says they “get our revenge now” after Anzio. Local soldiers include Lt. James Brown of Hamlet and Corp. Kenneth McCune from St. Petersburg and Pvt. John Henderson of Winston-Salem alongside Pvt. Hugh Phinney of Roxbury.
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Robert C. Wilson
U. S
Vosges
Anzio
Italy
Alsatian
Colmar
Rhine
Stanley Schein
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Hippolyte
Selestat
James Brown
Hamlet
N. C
Brisach
Corp
Kenneth McCune
St. Petersburg
Fla
John Henderson
Winston-Salem
Hugh Phinney
Ottawa St
Roxbury
Mass
E Bond Sales Lag in North Carolina War Loan Drive
Winston-Salem reports show North Carolina E bond sales at 83 percent of the sixth war loan quota through December 8, with total purchases of 51.1 million dollars against 61 million goal. Daily gains lag behind the one million dollar per day pace needed to hit the December 20 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Clarence T. Leinbach
Leinbach
Gestapo Holds Goerdeler for Questioning in Zurich Report
Swiss paper Journal De Geneve says the Gestapo used Dr Karl Goerdeler as a guinea pig for forced confessions to justify arrests of prominent Germans opposing the regime. It claims Goerdeler, once Leipzig mayor and plot participant, is drugged and questioned, aiding detentions of industrialists and others. It also accuses Himmler of ordering executions of over 200 lawyers and intellectuals near Berlin.
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Bern
Journal
de Geneve
Gestapo
Karl Goerdeler
Leipzig
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Berlin
Debate Over War Bonus Plans Faces Multiple Hurdles
A war bonus proposal encounters obstacles including potential inflation, wage policy conflicts, and state unemployment law crossovers. Officials question eligibility for “war workers” and note many jobs support the war indirectly. The Seventh region covers over twenty towns near the northeast city.
Nazi Prisoners Not Pampered Says Rep Harness
U S House committee reports on German POWs at a camp near Paris. Prisoners sleep in warehouses with minimal blankets, eat well from captured rations, and receive Geneva-convention treatment. Lawmakers defend homefront view, noting prisoners get only their entitlements.
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Paris
U. S. House Military Affairs Committee
Chartres
Rep. Forest Harness
R-Ind
Matthew Merritt
Charles Siston
Ohio
Rep
Kilday
D-Tex
U Boats Gain Wider Action Range In World War II
An Anglo American statement says breather tubes extend German U boats air intake and exhaust enabling longer subs to reach new areas. It rejects reports of abandoned submarine construction and notes small U boat losses but warns improved subs may be deployed again. Also reports a St Louis film strike closing over two thirds of area theaters and paralyzing the industry.
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Washington
Geman
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
Churchill
ST. Louis
Radio Program Schedule Includes Nighttime Trans-Atlantic Call
An extensive radio grid outlines programs from afternoon through late night on Eastern War Time, detailing concerts, recitals, newscasts, dramas, and variety shows. Notable entries include Paul Lavalle concerts, Josephine Houston soprano performances, Sammy Kaye Serenade, Murrow commentary, and NBC Symphony segments.
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Weltworka
Paul Lavalle
Nbe
de Andrinint
Ais Continentales
Blu Lutheran
Bervicea
Josephine Houston
Blu
Church of the All Sermons
Dhe
John B. Kennedy
Stanley Pisen
Nie Hieorge Iliche
Chicago
Sammy Kaye
Ed Murrow
Matinee Theater
Obe
Jim
Sky Ridera
John Chat
Thonas & Song
Nhbe Newa of World
Olin Downey
Ifm
Philharmonic Symphony
Dhes
Charlotte Greenwood
bin Boosty
A.A.F
Biu
Metroplit
Opera Presenta
Blu the
Bill Shirer
Ebe
Oreste and
Harriet
Hall of Fame
Paul Whiteman
Cheat Gildersiseve
Fannie Brice
Dhs
Anton Close
Fie
Dick Brown
Te Song—mbe
Jack Renny
Kate Smith
Drew Pearson
Cleveland Orchestra
Nibe Oule Ride
Joe Kelly
M. Clblu
Has
McCarthy
BE. Bergeen
Greenfield Chapel
Alexander
Mediation Board
Torothy Thompson
Prama
Weattar
Conrad Nagel
Che Walter Winchell
Blu Horizons
Hollywood
James Melton
Alec Tampleton
Dbs
Cedric Foster
Jimmie Fidler
Jerry Cooper
Lone
Phil Splilainy
Girl Orch
Nhe
Phil Baker
Riley
Win
Bendix
Walter Hampden
Leonitos
Harold Lloyd
Che Fretine
Columbus Rouse Choir
Che-Hu
Imba
Pravda Attacks White Over Soviet Visit Book Controversy
The Soviet newspaper Pravda accuses American author and correspondent William L. White of traveling to the Soviet Union with premeditated intent to spread calumny. Zaslavsky cites excerpts from White’s book Report on the Russians and Johnston’s statements to claim White misrepresented Soviet life. White defends his reporting as a fair portrayal and cites hospitality shown during the trip with Eric Johnston.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda Today
Illiam L. White
Soviet Union
White
William Allen White
Emporia
Russia
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eric Johnston
David Zaslavsky
Pravda
Zaslavsky
Johnston
United States
Baltic States
Poland
Reader's Digest
Kansas
Milward Maintains Lead In RAF Golf Championship
Jim Milward of Lockbourne Field continued his service lead in the RAF Eastern Flying Command championship at Maxwell Field. He shot 71 in the second round for a 142 total, five strokes ahead of Sgt. John Williams of Tyndall Field, Fla. Finals set for tomorrow in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Pfe
Jim Milward
Lockbourne Field
RAF Eastern Flying Command
Maxwell Field
Milward
John Williams
Tyndall Field
Fla
Davis Calls for Dumbarton Pact to Create World Peace Force
John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for president in 1924, urged U S ratification of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals to form a United Nations armed force. He spoke in a Metropolitan Opera victory broadcast, arguing an international body could enforce peace by force if needed and urged the U S to contribute airpower ships guns and troops when the UN Security Council requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Davis
Dumbarton Oaks
United Nations
Davis
Metropolitan Opera Victory
Blue
United
Yanks advance toward Tokyo from Leyte and Burma fronts
On Leyte in the Ormoc corridor Yank forces press the enemy despite rains, seizing a field battery and large dumps of ammunition. Nimitz reports naval air strikes on Iwo Jima and other Pacific bases while Chiang Kai-shek may let Chinese communists participate in government and military affairs. Burmese front sees British troops advance unopposed to Naba station as Chinese troops push toward Wanting along the Burma road.
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Tokyo
Leyte
Sens
MacArthur
Visayas Islands
Luzon
Mindanao
Chester W. Nimitz
Navy
Installa
Iwo
China
Chinese High Command
Rma
Kweiyang
Shangssu
Tahshan
Kwangsi
Chungking
Kweichow
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Yunnan
Burma
Wanting
Naba
Mandalay
A B Gaddy Struck on Highway Suffers Collarbone Injury
A B Gaddy of Rt. 1 was hit by a car driven by Charlie Miller of Trinity on the Asheboro highway just outside High Point. He suffered a broken collarbone and was treated at Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital. Police said no charges would be filed against Miller. Gaddy was charged with being drunk.
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A. B. Gaddy
Rt. 1
Charlie Miller
Trinity
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Asheboro
Gaddy
Arnall calls for thorough study on poll tax in South
Governor Ellis Arnall urges a fact careful study by South states to decide whether to retain the poll tax as a voting prerequisite. He invites leading citizens to join a commission or study financed for a year to assess its practical effects and consider abolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ernor Ellis Arnall
South
Arnall
Cosion
Georgia
Commission
Senate
Frank
Person County Man Dies Of Exposure
Roxboro reports a 61 year old man from Person County, Easley Bray, was found dead two miles from home after being reported missing. Coroner Dr. A F Nichols confirmed death by exposure.
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Roxboro
Easley Bray
A. F. Nichols
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Walter Winchell
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Jimmy Fidler
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